What can I say

[Terrain Aeration]

I’ve been in the tree industry for 30 years. 
I have been aerating around these trees which are struggling 

I can’t believe my eyes🤣

every tree is the same strop left on which will strangle rootball. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Not ideal I agree, but how will it strangle the rootball? It’s only 1 strop.

[Terrain Aeration]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Not ideal I agree, but how will it strangle the rootball? It’s only 1 strop.

Would you like a strop around your feet. 
most of these trees come with mesh it will stop root growth. 
same as binding Chinese ladies feet🤣

[Terrain Aeration]

All my 60 years I’ve just liked to do everything right that’s all I seem to be a rare breed🤣

[Mark Bolam]

That’s shocking.

They weren’t whips either.

 

Someone has paid peanuts and got monkeys by the looks of it.

[Mick Dempsey]

30 minutes ago, Terrain Aeration said:

Would you like a strop around your feet. 
most of these trees come with mesh it will stop root growth. 
same as binding Chinese ladies feet🤣

 

So is it the mesh or the strops that will stop root growth?
 

It hasn’t got feet, it has roots that will not be inhibited in spreading out by the strops.

[Terrain Aeration]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

That’s shocking.

They weren’t whips either.

 

Someone has paid peanuts and got monkeys by the looks of it.

That’s what I don’t understand mate they spend £600 per tree now they are dying very strange builders. 

[Canal Navvy]

Waste of good ratchet straps 😕

[Tom Richards]

Probably not paid peanuts judging by the size of the trees but definitely got monkeys mark !

[dan blocker]

Are they possibly there as a bracing system? One photo shows a steel hawser with a made off eye, left in place till tree established then ratchet strap loosened off and possibly pulled out. As Mick say ratchet strap won’t stop root growing(they’ll grow around it) but will stop base of trunk developing much the same as a girdled root